The Letter I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About

It was the following letter to the editor in the Fall '07 Boston College Magazine that renewed interest in this event. The sadness of Officer Devlin’s death and hope for accountability for those responsible matched my feelings as well.

Incident Recalled
It was with great sadness that I read of the passing of Officer Thomas Devlin. I was a resident assistant in the neighboring Walsh dorm in September 1988 and recall the great chaos as we tried to move the residents of Edmonds to safety and assist them in finding a place to stay while their building was cleared of tear gas. Perhaps those involved will finally have the courage to come forward and acknowledge the consequences of their actions.
John Kawczynski ’90_

Hopefully renewed interest by many of us will prompt some soul searching on those few.